Michael Collins is an American former

amateur boxer Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

from

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who was a silver medalist at both the

1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Munich, West Germany from May 4 to 15. The third edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was organised by the world governi ...

and

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas ...

. Collins was beaten by eventual 1984 Olympic gold medalist

Steve McCrory Steve McCrory (April 13, 1964 – August 1, 2000) was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games. Personal life McCrory is the brother ...

in the flyweight final of the US Olympic trials, before moving up to the bantamweight division. As a three-time national bantamweight champion, Collins entered the 1988 Olympic trials as the favourite, but fell in the semi-finals to Kennedy McKinney, who also went on to win Olympic gold.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Michael Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Pan American Games medalists in boxing Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games Bantamweight boxers Flyweight boxers Boxers from Texas Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games